Online Garden Tools
Useful videos
Search Results for "lavender"
Re: What are these white insects?
Message from
In forum: Pests and diseases
Hi Anne, some helpful suggestions from our community:
"They are called Mealy bugs n coz lot of harm to plants and leaves. Best way to keep them away is plant Lavender, Marigold, Lemon grass around your garden which will attract Lady birds who love eating these pests. Also attract honey bees as well.Lady birds are needed to kill them"
"Mealybugs, hard to control, I remove the most infected leaves and I squash the others, could try jet of water using a hose. Check the stems as well."
Hope this helps?
- Posted: Sun. 19th July 2020 08:43
Re: plant name - Perovskia
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
It's perovskia, common name Russian sage. Smells a bit like lavender, as well as looking like it. Be warned: it spreads very readily and is difficult to get rid of - I have been trying to remove a large clump for a couple of years, but it keeps growing back from the extensive roots. Of course you may like it, but you may need to keep it in check!
- Posted: Sun. 12th July 2020 12:50
Re: Mauve flowered plant
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
Hi Lorna, some good replies on social media:
"Limonium, Sea Lavender. Probably Limonium latifolium"
"Limonium au centre de la photo" translates to "Limonium in the center of the photo"
Hope that helps?
Cheers, Nicola
- Posted: Sat. 20th July 2019 16:47
Re: Re: Another Salvia?
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
Another (same) suggestion from our social media:
"Perovskia atriplicifolia or Russian Sage (not technically a sage?). Love this plant, the smell as you brush past. Bees love it too, more popular than lavender in my garden."
- Posted: Wed. 17th July 2019 12:38
Re: Help identifying this plant/herb
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
Could it be an unusual variety of lavender?
- Posted: Wed. 19th September 2018 21:09
Re: Help identifying this plant/herb
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
Could it be an unusual variety of lavender?
- Posted: Wed. 19th September 2018 21:09
This plant had become invasive and is smothering other plants around it. The soil in the bd is very heavy clay and difficult to dig in after the wet winter.
Comment from
In forum: Hypericum calycinum
This plant has become invasive and is smothering other plants around it, these are mostly small bushes...cistus, lavenders, curry plant, cotoneaster. The soil in the sloping bed is very heavy clay, still holding winter wetness,and our attempts to dig out the plant have been backbreaking. Any advice on methods of removal of the Hypericum calycinum would be greatly appreciated.
Regards, Angela
- Posted: Sun. 13th May 2018 08:14
Re: Re: Hedge- help to identify and treat please
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
Sorry, Elaine, it's inaccurate to say that lavender and heathers don't regenerate if cut hard back. I have several specimens of both which became so overgrown I cut them down to a few inches of the ground and they came back with a vengeance! I agree it could be risky if you do it at the wrong time of year.
- Posted: Wed. 14th March 2018 16:57
Re: Hedge- help to identify and treat please
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
Look likes a conifer of some sort, is it a thuya?what I see, is that someone has brutalized the hedge, you can do that to broad leaved evergreens like boxwood etc. the only conifer that takes cutting into old wood is Yew, no other conifer I know gets new shoots from old wood, which I see. I recommend fertilizing it and seeing if that helps. Never cut into old wood of conifers, lavender and heather, they do not re-generate.
- Posted: Tue. 13th March 2018 14:40
Re: Can you identify this type of Hebe?
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
Google hebes lavender pictures and see if you can put a name to the face.
- Posted: Wed. 7th February 2018 14:09
pruning
Question from
In forum: General
when can I prune my large rosemary and lavender bushes, the bees are still on the lavender?
- Posted: Tue. 1st August 2017 11:26
Re: Mystery Climber
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
I am familiar with the rambler called Vielchen bleu, it has no thorns, is lavender in color and is sweetly fragrant.
- Posted: Thu. 20th July 2017 20:09
Re: Who knows what these plants are?
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
Taller red thing at back = photinia - I think they would cope anywhere
Smaller green things cut into balls = probably hebe of some sort. They will also cope
Alliums - maybe christophii? - I don't know if they need a bit more light.
Lavender - prefers a bit of sun
Blue fescue (grass) would probably be ok in a shadier spot - but look it up.
The others are too blurry or not disintictive enough to be sure.
- Posted: Thu. 6th July 2017 06:06
Re: Re: what is this & how do i propogate it please
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
spot on Thomas.....that is it. i thought i'd be able to take cuttings but it has all gone very woody & leggy like lavender & rosemary do but will have a go......thanks
- Posted: Tue. 11th April 2017 23:42
Re: Re: what is this & how do i propogate it please
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
spot on Thomas.....that is it. i thought i'd be able to take cuttings but it has all gone very woody & leggy like lavender & rosemary do but will have a go......thanks
- Posted: Tue. 11th April 2017 23:42
Can Anouk Lavendar be used in tea, cooking, oils, etc
Question from
In forum: Edible gardening
I intended to purchase English Lavender plants with the intention of harvesting the lavender for tea, to distill essential oils from, and use as an air freshener. The person that went to pick them up for me got Anouk Lavender instead. I'm wondering if I should return them & get English Lavender or just plant what I have?
- Posted: Fri. 29th April 2016 00:57
Re: A few more...
Message from
In forum: Identify a plant
Muralis is lavender in colour and birch hybrid blue, the leaves look alike, they both make lovely carpets.
- Posted: Fri. 22nd April 2016 23:37
Re: when should I cut my lavender 'hidcote blue' back & how?
Message from
In forum: Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote Blue'
Hi Nikki,
Please add Lavender 'Hidcote Blue' to your plant list in Shoot and you will get care advice added to your care calendar with how to guides and also reminders by email.
Kind regards, Nicola from Shoot
- Posted: Sun. 30th August 2015 07:07
when should I cut my lavender 'hidcote blue' back & how?
Comment from
In forum: Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote Blue'
when should I cut my lavender 'hidcote blue' back & how?
- Posted: Sat. 29th August 2015 16:16
Re: Dougal?
Message from
In forum: General
Hi Anne, that seems to be a tough one. Some people are suggesting as part of the full name e.g. Verbena macdougalii Lavender Spire. Does that work? Cheers Nicola
- Posted: Wed. 15th July 2015 08:06